Debuting in 1993 from Liefeld’s Extreme Studios, Bloodstrike centered on a top-secret squad of super-powered assassins created by the government’s Project: Born Again, which brought people back from the dead. The series was resurrected earlier this year, in a reimagined form, alongside fellow Extreme titles Prophet and Youngblood.

Shankar’s company has co-financed such films as The Grey, Killing Them Softly and Dredd 3D. He also produced the well-received recent short “The Punisher: Dirty Laundry.”

“Bloodstrike will be R-rated,” Liefeld wrote last night on Twitter. “Adi Shankar the real deal.”